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News for the week 23 – 29 September 2013:
Japan supports university fund
Daiichi Sankyo has committed Y100m ($1m) and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital will be investing as much as Y200m ($2m) with the Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation pledging Y450m ($4.5m).
Johns Hopkins University names new technology commercialisation advisor ahead of push for entrepreneurship.
UCL biotech spin-out Synthace…
The University of Kentucky has formed an industry-university partnership to advance aspects such as sustainable agriculture in the whiskey distilling industry.
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